NPA looks to expand

After years of struggling with corruption and the private sector concession process, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has announced plans to expand and modernise port capacity across the country, including the construction of two new deepwater ports. Dredging programmes for the Lagos and Calabar ports have already been drawn up, and the NPA is undertaking a study into deepening the access channel to Koko port.

The new ports are planned at Lekki in Lagos State and Ibaka in Akwa Ibom. The government of the latter state has reported that Ibaka already has a draught of more than 17m and the NPA expects that post-Panamax vessels will be able to use the port. It is hoped that the first phase of the project can be completed by the end of 2015....

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This complete item is approximately 300 words in length, and appeared in the February 2012 issue of WorldCargo News, on page 6.

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